Menya

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: mcr
Alternate Names: Menyama, Menye
Population: 25,000 (Whitehead 2004).
Location:: Gulf province: Karema district, Naniwe area; Morobe province: Menyamya district, north Tauri river area and tributaries.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Angan, Nuclear Angan
Dialects: Tnäuyqä, Tepatiqä, Northeast Menya (Juaqänjqä).
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Mixed use: home, church. Some young people, all adults. Many also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Whitehead 2004). Used as L2 by Kamasa [klp].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Menya
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Gulf province: Karema district, Naniwe area; Morobe province: Menyamya district, north Tauri river area and tributaries.